American manufacturing dominance is crucial for the economy, as outsourcing has devalued American workers and increased dependence on adversarial trade partners like China.

Cheap labor is a crutch that inhibits innovation, as companies may opt for lower costs instead of investing in new technologies and processes, while outsourcing factories led to cheaper goods but devalued American workers and increased dependence on adversarial trade partners like China.

De-industrialization poses risks to national security and the workforce, leading to financial insecurity and a loss of identity for American workers as factories move overseas.

Great design has become homogenized, often relying on the same templates and styles, which can make products look indistinguishable from one another.

The failure of globalization should not be seen as a failure of innovation; rather, the pursuit of cheap labor has hindered innovation and hurt both workers and innovators.

To compete with China in global manufacturing, we need to leverage software, AI, and robotics to empower American workers and enable faster, cheaper production.

I believe that when we interact with a product, we can sense whether care has been taken in its design. Unfortunately, much of our manufactured environment reflects carelessness, prioritizing speed and cost over quality.

There are opportunities in manufacturing that can be brought back to the U.S. with advancements in AI, but it requires addressing existing anti-industrial policies.

The drift of American tech has led the country astray, as marketing algorithms have overtaken intellectual ambition, moving away from the roots of offering world-changing technologies.